after the original oil painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., a locally published bust-length portrait of Gloucestershire physician and scientist, Edward Jenner (1749-1823), known as the ‘father of immunology’ for developing the world’s first vaccine, so-named for its derivation from the cowpox, variolae vaccinae, to combat the human smallpox, thereby saving more lives than any other person in history,

original hand-coloured lithograph on chine appliqué, 470 x 340 mm. (18 1/2 x 13 3/8 in), printed by Kell Bros., losses to the lower corners of the support sheet and repaired tears to the right sheet edge, all well outside the image and title but just affecting the publisher’s and printer’s details,